Since its birth, the iQOO brand has been adhering to the concept of "born and strong", and the performance is naturally self-evident, but before it was like a lame giant, the performance of this thigh is exceptionally thick, and in the more subjective use experience such as taking pictures, it is obviously much thinner. iQOO naturally realized this, from iQOO 8 began to make up for the shortcomings in imaging, to iQOO 9 series, not only the industry's first Samsung GN5, but also equipped with a micro-gimbal dual flagship main camera system, it can be said that it is full of sincerity.
The iQOO 9 Pro I use recently received a firmware update for the new system version, which optimizes the rear camera camera and reduces noise. How does the iQOO 9 Pro actually perform after updating the firmware? Let's take a look!
The first Samsung GN5 sensor 50MP wide-angle main camera takes ultra-clear photos.
The iQOO 9 Pro debuted with a 50 million ultra-high-definition pixel Samsung ISOCELL GN5 sensor, and Samsung released the Samsung ISOCELL GN5 last September. The ISOCELL GN5 is Samsung's first 1.0μm image sensor that integrates the full range of autofocus technology Dual Pixel Pro, dramatically improving autofocus performance.
The ISOCELL GN5 recognizes pattern changes in all directions by placing 2 photodiodes horizontally or vertically in each pixel of the sensor. With 100 million multi-directional phase detection photodiodes covering all areas of the sensor, the ISOCELL GN5 delivers rich detail while autofocus responds quickly, resulting in sharper images in bright or low light environments.
ISOCELL GN5 also applies Samsung's unique pixel technology FDTI (Front Deep Trench Isolation) to the Dual Pixel Although the photodiode is small in size, the FDTI technology allows each photodiode to receive and retain more light information, improving the full-well capacity (FWC) of the photodiode, and reducing crosstalk within the pixel.
Meanwhile, isocell GN5 uses a smart ISO solution that automatically selects a high ISO mode in low-light conditions to convert light into a digital signal at a higher ratio. In addition, multi-frame sampling improves noise reduction by averaging multiple readings into one frame.
In addition, thanks to the new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform built-in triple ISP (Image Signal Processor), it can capture more than 4,000 times the dynamic range of the previous generation platform at an astonishing speed of 3.2 billion pixels per second, supporting the ultimate dynamic range, color and clarity. Snapdragon 8 is also the first mobile platform to support 8K HDR video shooting, capable of shooting in the top HDR10+ format with more than 1 billion colors. Paired with ISOCELL GN5, the iQOO 9 Pro easily shoots 8K video at 30fps, and also supports 4K 120 frames and 1080p 240 frames.
The iQOO 9 Pro camera interface contains a high-pixel mode in the secondary menu, which can shoot in 50 megapixels, and through comparison, it can be seen that in high-pixel mode, the edge of the LED light plate font on the left side is obviously blurred, and the inner lamp beads are not clear. The LED font of the photo in the high-pixel mode on the right is clear, and the LED beads are also clear.
Coating is commonly used in cameras, telescopes, microscope eyepieces, objectives, prism surfaces, the purpose is to reduce the reflection of light, increase the transmittance, anti-ultraviolet rays and suppress low flare, ghost shadows; different colors of coating, but also make the imaging color balance different. In addition, the coating can also delay the aging and discoloration of the lens. The wide-angle main camera of the iQOO 9 Pro uses 7P lenses, of which the two sides of the 2nd, 6th and 7th lenses are superimposed with high and low refractive index anti-reflection films such as multi-layer titanium oxide and silicon oxide. And the lens blue glass surface with the help of high-speed centrifugal rotation equipment covered with a layer of absorbent pigment spin coating solution of about 2 μm thickness, which can further absorb infrared and ultraviolet light.
The iQOO 9 Pro also features the AI Deglare algorithm and the RAWHDR algorithm. Through the AI Deglare algorithm, we can learn the distribution rules of glare massively, and realize ghosting, glare reduction or removal in the whole scene. The RAWHDR algorithm adjusts the tone and contrast, which also inhibits the generation of glare to a certain extent.
It can be seen that in the night mode, the glass curtain wall of the high-rise building with bright lights in the distance, the light sign of the China Trade Center, and the glare of the street lamp are well suppressed, and there is no ghost in the picture under the complex light source situation. The night sky in the distance is also clean, with no noticeable noise when zoomed in. The iQOO 9 Pro is also equipped with black gold, cyberpunk, BUFF, dream soft light, blue ice, green orange, blue orange, silver orange and other filters. As shown in the picture, it is easy to take photos with different styles.
Time-lapse 3.0 features EIS electronic image stabilization, support for high bit rates, and 4K/30fps. Parameters such as AE, ISO, etc. can be adjusted in manual mode. The system also has built-in preset modes such as auto, traffic flow, mobile crowd, clouds, sunrise and sunset, day to night, shadow movement, bucket to star shift, etc., and the corresponding mode can be selected according to the captured picture. The following is a sunset delay picture, you can feel it.
150° fisheye ultra-wide angle to see the world from a different perspective
The iQOO 9 Pro ultra-wide angle lens features a 50MP Samsung JN1 150° fisheye ultra-wide angle lens. Samsung ISOCELL JN1 has successfully reduced the single pixel size from 0.7μm to 0.64μm, and the overall number of pixels is as high as 50 million. Not only does it have a small body that adapts to telephoto lenses, but it is also equipped with dual Super PD focus technology, which doubles the focus pixels compared to Super PD technology, making focusing fast and accurate. Similar to the wide-angle lens, the Samsung JN1 is also equipped with ISOCELL 2.0 technology, which effectively prevents the crosstalk of light between pixels by creating a new material partition wall between pixels, greatly increasing the amount of light entering each pixel and reducing light crosstalk between pixels, brightening shooting and reducing noise.
ISOCELLJN1 uses a pixel arrangement algorithm to combine four adjacent 0.64μm small pixels into a four-pixel composite technology with a large 1.28μm pixel, resulting in a bright 12.5 million pixel photo with less noise. Its intelligent ISO technology has two kinds of light conversion logic, call low sensitivity logic in a bright environment to obtain photos that are not exposed, and use high sensitivity logic to capture the details of the dark places in the dim environment, and in the interlaced environment of light and dark, the values of the two light conversion logics of the high and low are read at the same time, and combined into a high dynamic range photo with no exposure in the light and details in the dark.
In the night mode, although the ultra-wide angle lens of the iQOO 9 Pro is relatively small at the bottom, the night view photos have a good look and feel under the blessing of the algorithm. The contrast between light and dark in the picture is well controlled, the highlight part is not overexposed, and the shadow part is not pasted together.
iQOO has also customized a number of special fisheye effect modes for this 150° fisheye ultra-wide angle lens, such as crystal ball, asteroid, sleepwalking wonderland and so on. As shown in the figure, the center of the photo in crystal ball mode will be enlarged, making it look like a small tiger. Asteroid mode is similar to the panoramic asteroid photography of a panoramic action camera, with the entire building on the outside of the frame, while the Sleepwalking Wonderland mode converges inwards, both of which can take stunning photos.
Micro-gimbal fusion anti-shake, stable as a chicken head
For micro-PTZ stabilization technology, we are already very familiar with it, whether it is vivo or iQOO, mobile phones equipped with this technology have won unanimous praise from users in terms of video shooting stability. iQOO 9 Pro main camera is equipped with micro-gimbal technology, using a "double ball cross" structure, the coverage of the jitter scene is 11.5% more than the general OIS, and the micro-gimbal four-axis stabilization superimposed EIS electronic image stabilization technology can achieve the "VIS five-axis video stabilization" effect.
In standard mode, after the standard stabilization is turned on, the cadence basically does not affect the stability of the screen.
After turning on super image stabilization, I trotted forward, and although I cut some of the picture quality, I still changed back to the still stable picture.
In addition, the addition of micro-gimbal allows us to take clear and bright photos at night, sports, video shooting and other scenes. For example, in the night mode, you need to take multiple frames to combine a photo, and the micro-gimbal can maintain the consistency of the picture. The micro gimbal reset time during the movement is only 9ms, which is much lower than the 33ms time of a single frame recorded at 30 frames, which can help the iQOO 9 Pro capture more intense motion photographic scenes, greatly suppressing smearing and motion blur between frames.
The iQOO 9 Pro rear is also equipped with a 16MP telephoto portrait lens with 2.5x optical zoom support in a 60mm focal length. In addition to the bokeh and filter functions, the addition of the algorithm allows the phone to automatically capture the face information of the face and prompt the user to take a good portrait photo.
Write at the end:
With the blessing of many elements such as the dual flagship main camera system of the micro-gimbal, the 50-megapixel Samsung GN5 and JN1, the 150° fisheye ultra-wide angle main camera lens and many other elements, today's iQOO 9 Pro can already run forward on two legs. At this point, the iQOO 9 Pro is not only a performance flagship, but also an all-round product that can launch an impact on the high-end market.